Whether you are a web designer, online marketing expert or a website owner, you either already use Twitter or are thinking of using it. Twitter was created in the year 2006 and research shows that over 11 million users use Twitter. In a relatively small course of time it has gained extensive notability and popularity all over the world. Twitter is owned by venture capitalists. There are also many other services and applications that work with Twitter.

What is Twitter

Twitter is a free social messaging utility service for staying connected in real-time it is a website service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate frequently and exchange their ideas as quickly as possible, quick answers to one simple question. Twitter is a social networking website has become a popular across the world.

Twitter is a type of messaging website that allows users to communicate in real-time. It can also be used as a source for researching or obtaining information. The users of Twitter can send and receive messages using Twitter’s web based system. Users are allowed to send short sms style messages known as tweets. And you can easily read messages or send messages via your web browser. It is equally easy to access your account directly from your mobile phone. You also have the option to access your account and use Twitter using a third party application instead.

The sheer popularity of Twitter has lead to the establishment of a large community of supporters. There are also many web design and software companies that are involved with developing and releasing new applications and tools that work with Twitter. And most of them are free to use. There are many third party applications that have been developed that add new benefits for its use. A detailed list of applications can be found on a new section on Twitter’s website called Explore which caters specifically for other external tools that work with Twitter.

Tools that work with Twitter

Here are few examples for your information.

Ada

Ada is a small Twitter application that has become popular with users. It offers a clean, simple design and consumes little resource to run. It is not confusing to use and does not present you with hundreds of features that you are never likely to use. It allows the user to communicate with others by using the application that runs on your desktop. The application can be used to view and send messages. You can access your Twitter account using this software that will run on your desktop. Ada runs on both PCs and MACs.

AlertThingy

Alert Thingy allows you to connect with various social networking sites at the same time. It is now in its second version and provides the latest updates from your favorite social networks. It saves time as it delivers the messages form different networks directly to your desktop. It allows you to send Tweets using your twitter profile. It can also update your Face book status, upload photos to Flicker, post to Tumbler and access many other websites. It offers one of the best RSS readers currently available on the internet.

BigTweet

Big Tweet is another small application that makes using twitter to send and receive messages even easier. It installs as a bookmark let and allows the user to post messages to twitter without having to first log in to Twitter’s website. Using this bookmarklet you can post messages directly from your browser. It also supports tiny URLs utilising the Bitly API. There is an added usability as no registration is required to use the tool except for your Twitter login credentials which needs to be entered once.

BMS Twitter Client

This is another useful tool as it allows you to translate messages in different languages using Google’s free translation system. It is windows based software that automatically breaks long messages into pieces, including replies. It is very easy to use and offers a simple download and one step installation.

The ability to use a vast number of third party applications with Twitter is one of its main advantages. Depending on how you use Twitter, using appropriate third party tools or applications can increase its benefits for your business or personal use.

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